That list would be very very long, but I will try to make it a little shorter.
Most of the books I read have nothing to do with what you would call 'Jazz'. If its on music at all, it is usually the writings of other musicians who I admire (and cats like Bird, Trane, Von Freeman, etc. did not write anything, so their music is their books for me) or writings on ancient music (Medieval, ancient Greek, Egyptian, Babylonian, Indian, Chinese, etc.).
I also read quite a lot of writings on esoteric stuff.
But all of the esoteric books and the writings on ancient music take a lot of work to understand. Some of the books on music that I have recommended to people are (for me all of these are related to music). I have not studied very many saxophone books, just a few. I don't study technique that much (but maybe I should - LOL):
A Theory of Harmony, by Ernst Levy
Harmonic Experience: Tonal Harmony From Its Natural Origins To Its Modern Expression, by W. A. Mathieu
The Harmony Of The World, by Johannes Kepler; translated into English with an introduction and notes by E. J. Aiton, A. M. Duncan & J. V. Field
The Spiritual Dimension Of Music: Altering Consciousness For Inner Development, by R. J. Stewart
Music And The Power Of Sound: The Influence Of Tuning And Interval On Consciousness, by Alain Danielou
Gregorian Chant, by Willi Apel
Musica Enchiriads And Scolica Enchiriads, translated, with introduction and note, by Raymond Erickosn; edited by V. Palisca
Harmonies Of Heaven And Earth: Mysticism In Music From Antiquity To The Avant-Garde, by Joscelyn Godwin
Textbook Of Harmonics: Volumes I & II, by Hans Kayser - Translated by Ariel Godwin - edited by Joscelyn Godwin
Cosmic Music: Musical-Keys To The Interpretation Of Reality, by Marius Scheinder, Rudolf Haase & Hans Erhard Lauer; edited by Joscelyn Godwin
Harmonics In Astrology, by John Addey
Greek Musical Writings II: Harmonic And Acoustic Theory, edited by Andrew Barker
(especially the writings of Aristoxenus, Ptolemy and Aristides)
The Harmonics Of Aristoxenus, by Aristoxenus - edited with translation, notes, introduction and index of words by Henry S. Macran
Textbook Of Harmonics: Volumes I & II, by Hans Kayser - Translated by Ariel Godwin - edited by Joscelyn Godwin
Essay on the True Art of Playing Keyboard Instruments, by C.P.E. Bach
The Art Of Strict Musical Composition, by Joahnn Philipp Kirnberger; translated by David Beach & Jurgent Thym
To Be, or Not . . . to Bop, by Dizzy Gillespie & Al Fraser
Forces in Motion: The Music and Thoughts of Anthony Braxton, by Graham Lock
Tri-Axiom Writings, Anthony Braxton
Horoscope Symbols, by Robert Hand
The Music of Per Norgard: Fourteen Interpretative Essays, edited by Anders Beyer
Bach and the Riddle of the Number Alphabet, by Ruth Tatlow
371 Harmonized Chorales and 69 Chorale Melodies w/Figured Bass: Piano Solo, edited by Albert Riemenschneider
Notenburchlein Fur Anna Magdalena Bach, by J.S. Bach
J. S. Bach's Precepts And Principles For Playing The Through-Bass Or Accompanying In Four Parts: Leipzig, 1738, by J.S. Bach
Bach and the Meanings of Counterpoint, by David Yearsley
The Technique Of My Musical Language: Volumes 1 & 2, by Olivier Messiaen
Cours Complet d'Improvisation a l'Orgue (Complete Course In Organ Improvisation): Volumes 1 & 2, by Marcel Dupre
German Music Theory in the Early 17th Century: The Treatises of Johannes Lippius, by Benito V. Rivera
The Workshop of Bartok and Kodaly, by Erno Lendvai
The Music of Bela Bartok: A Study of Tonality and Progression in Twentieth-Century Music, by Elliott Antokoletz
Structural Set Analysis Of African Music: Vol. 1: Adowa, by Willie Anku
Structural Set Analysis Of African Music: Vol. 2: Bawa, by Willie Anku
Circles And Time: A Theory Of Structural Organization Of Rhythm in African Music, by Willie Anku
African Philosophy During the Period of the Pharaohs 2780-330 BC, by Theophile Obenga
The Music Of Africa, by J. H. Kwabena Nketia
The Temple of Man, by R. A. Schwaller de Lubicz
The Hindu Temple: Volumes I & II, by Stella Kramrisch
23 Caprices, by S. Karg-Elert; arranged for saxophone by Robert J. Ford
Twenty-Five Caprices (And An Atonal Sonata): For Saxophone, by Sigfried Karg-Elert; edited by Jeffery Lerner
African Rhythm And African Sensibility, by John Miller Chernoff
The Elemental Changes: The Ancient Chinese Companion to the I Ching, by Hsiung Yang & Michael Nylan & Xiong Yang
The Trigrams Of Han: Inner Structures Of The I Ching, by Steve Moore
The Astrology Of I Ching, by W. K. Chu; edited by W. A. Sherrill
The Archaeology Of Music In Ancient China: 2000 Years Of Acoustical Experimentation 1400 B.C. - A.D. 750, by Fritz A. Kuttner
The Discovery Of Musical Equal Temperament In China And Europe In The Sixteenth Century, by Gene Jinsiong Cho
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